Charlie E. Williams Jr., was appointed as Defense Contract Management Agency's new director by John J. Young Jr., under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, effective May 4.

Prior to assuming his new duties, Williams was the deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for contracting, in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, and the U.S. member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme Board of Directors.

Prior to this assignment, Williams served as associate deputy assistant director for contracting in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force from March 2002 to 2003 and as team lead, program executive officer and designated acquisition commander programs, deputy assistant secretary for contracting, office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.

Williams entered federal service in 1982 through the Air Force Logistics Command’s Mid-Level Management Training Program, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. Upon graduation, he served as senior buyer and contracting officer for F100 and TF39 engines at Kelly. From 1984 to 1987, Williams was a procurement analyst in the Resources and Analysis Division of the Headquarters Air Force Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

He participated in the Air Force’s prestigious Education with Industry program for a year, working at General Electric’s Aircraft Engines Division, Cincinnati, Ohio, from June 1987 until July 1988. Following this year of duty in the private sector, Williams became the director of business strategy in the Acquisition Logistics Division at Wright-Patterson.

In 1990, Williams was named chief, Logistics Support Contracting Division, and to deputy chief for resources, management and analysis, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in 1992.

Williams is a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps and is Level II certified in systems acquisition. He holds a bachelors of science degree from Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, and a master’s degree from Tennessee State University, Nashville. He is also a 1996 graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, where he earned a second masters degree in national resource management.

His awards and recognitions include a special service award, meritorious civilian service award, exceptional civilian service award, and meritorious executive Presidential rank award.